Noun nostrum has 2 senses
  1. panacea, nostrum, cure-all - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
    --1 is a kind of remedy, curative, cure
    --1 has particulars: elixir
  2. nostrum - patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
    --2 is a kind of
    patent medicine
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